Temporal and Sequential Constraints on Six-Year-Olds' Phonological Productions: Some Observations on the "Ambliance" Phenomenon

Gilbert, John H. V.; Johnson, Carolyn E.

Journal of Child Language, 5, 1, 101-12, Feb 78

A preliminary study dealt with the ways in which children between six and seven years of age organize spoken language, specifically aspects of the temporal and segmental structure of polysyllabic English words containing the syllable C/jul/ (e.g., pediculous). (Author/SW)